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I found excellent full-strength signal in Portugal including in trains. Many free WiFi hotspots too. The difference between the standards in Europe and those in England are quite frightening! enjoy your hols.. :D

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If you have access to a "3" partner network you can use you UK inclusive minutes; calls are charged at your normal rates outside your inclusive minutes; you do not pay roaming fees if someone calls you either. Works a treat when I visit the relatives in the south of Ireland :D

- when arriving in Sardinia, set phone to manual network selection to 3 Italy

- FREE FLAT RATE DATA!

SO awesome! The coverage here is excellent too... i'm writing this over HSDPA from my villa which is in a pretty remote location!

This will work on ANY 3 partner network...

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One months worth of internet for a fiver? I thought that was £15 for 1Gb? Or are you just buying the ability to use data at a set price? If so, what is that price? Like, a pound a day or something? I am off to Sardinia in a few weeks time so this sounds very attractive. However, last time I tried to set up a 3 SIM it seemed to take weeks before I could activate it and actually pay for any credit!

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I'm counting on the "3 Italy" (August - Venice area anyone been and tried the availability ?) as well but with a mobile broadband dongle. I have a 3 PAYG sim knocking around as well, might just put that in the Hermes for the cheaper phone calls. :-)

We are BBQing a lot, we went to Auchan in Sassari and bought a 20 euro BBQ, and picked up some stuff there too, else just using the local SISA supermarket. That said, we're here 3 weeks so buying a BBQ is pretty cost effective!

Do you have a car? It's a pretty big island to get around, and also has some great fun roads, even in a wheezy 1.2 'Clio Rip Curl' (as seen here!) :o

Being dumb, but I am finding this a bit of a headbender ATM. So, the details of the coverage for PAYG are here?